beat out
verb
beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out
1
: to make or perform by or as if by beating
2
: to mark or accompany by beating
3
: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base
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Though both are nutritious, spinach beats out kale in many categories, including vitamin and mineral content and levels of certain antioxidants.
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 July 2025
The Horned Frogs beat out Kentucky, Houston and Tulsa for Martin.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2025
On the women’s side, defending champion Miki Sudo of Tampa, Florida, won her 11th title, downing 33 dogs, and beating out 12 others, including a mother-daughter pair.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2025
The monthly headline number of 147,000 soundly beat out expectations of 117,500 net job gains, with a healthy upswing in traditionally steady industries like local and state government, education, leisure and hospitality and health care.
—Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
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Jillian Kubala, Health, 7 July 2025
The Horned Frogs beat out Kentucky, Houston and Tulsa for Martin.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2025
On the women’s side, defending champion Miki Sudo of Tampa, Florida, won her 11th title, downing 33 dogs, and beating out 12 others, including a mother-daughter pair.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 July 2025
The monthly headline number of 147,000 soundly beat out expectations of 117,500 net job gains, with a healthy upswing in traditionally steady industries like local and state government, education, leisure and hospitality and health care.
—Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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